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The Reuters and Australian photojournalist was killed in an ambush with colleague Haidari and two others. [ 23] 19 November 2001. Azizullah Haidari. Between Jalalabad and Kabul. Reuters photojournalist and native of Afghanistan who died alongside three foreign journalists in an ambush. [ 23] 19 November 2001. Julio Fuentes.
Mohammad Daoud Khan (Pashto: محمد داود خان; also romanized as Daud Khan [2] or Dawood Khan; [3] 18 July 1909 – 28 April 1978) was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup d'état which overthrew the monarchy, served as the first president of Afghanistan from 1973 until his ...
Sqn Ldr. Kev McMurdo. SGT. Roy Geddes ( WIA) The September 2012 raid on Camp Bastion was a Taliban raid on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan 's Helmand province on the night of 14 September 2012. [ 1] The base hosted British, American, Danish and Tongan military personnel at the time of the attack.
Zahir Shah was born on 15 October 1914, in a city quarter called Deh Afghanan in Kabul, Afghanistan to a Barakzai Pashtun family. [ 1 ] He was the son of Mohammad Nadir Shah (1883–1933) a senior member of the Mohammadzai Royal family. and commander in chief of the Royal Afghan Army for former king Amanullah Khan, and of Begum Mah Parwar Begum ...
Lists of deaths by year. This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in August 2024) and then linked here.
On December 1, 2001, about 100 people were killed by 25 bombs in their houses in the village of Kama Ado. Kandahar city reported numerous civilian casualties, while four trucks and five busses carrying passengers fleeing the war were hit on a highway, killing 30. Talkhel and Balut villages suffered 50 casualties, while Chperagem village ...
Names of the victims of the September 11 attacks were inscribed at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum alphabetically by last name initial. They are organized as such: List of victims of the September 11 attacks (A–G) List of victims of the September 11 attacks (H–N) List of victims of the September 11 attacks (O–Z)
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi. 25 November 2001. 1 December 2001. Qala-i-Jangi District. Battle: It began with the uprising of Taliban prisoners held at Qala-i-Jangi fortress and escalated into one of the bloodiest engagements of the war in Afghanistan. Battle of Takur Ghar. 4 March 2002. 5 March 2002. The peak of Takur Ghar.